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Author Topic: The Army of Melnibone: First spear unit assembled (22/10)  (Read 28402 times)

Offline DeafNala

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade
« Reply #60 on: March 27, 2015, 02:05:33 PM »
The Melnibonean Lads look SPLENDID even in their W.I.P. state. Have FUN with the painting et al!
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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade
« Reply #61 on: March 27, 2015, 03:51:36 PM »
Looking forward to seeing more of this. Great work! I have sent you a PM in case I have any of the figures you are looking for.


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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade
« Reply #62 on: March 27, 2015, 04:01:34 PM »
Whoa! Quite a project you got here Paul!

And looks like you are already beyond a good start at that too!  8)

What kind of colour palette you are going to have?

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade
« Reply #63 on: March 28, 2015, 01:07:31 AM »
Thanks, chaps.
 :D

I am looking forward to getting on to these soon.
The days are getting brighter, so I may be able to start painting figures again soon.
Fingers crossed.
 ;)



What kind of colour palette you are going to have?

Other than bronze armour, nothing is set in stone yet.
I think that each regiment will be different so as not to get bored.



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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade
« Reply #64 on: March 28, 2015, 08:11:18 AM »
Sounds good, that not getting bored part :D

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Guard on Parade.
« Reply #65 on: March 28, 2015, 10:00:09 AM »
I now have the Guard back from the caster.

I just have to add a character figure and convert a couple into a musician and standard bearer and they are ready for painting.



I also have a few too many, so if anyone is interested in any, send me a PM.
I cannot sell them but would be willing to trade my excess figures.
 :D



These would probably look great for Atlanteans alongside the Lucid Eye simians and prehistoric tribes.

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Army is assembled!
« Reply #66 on: June 06, 2015, 11:41:50 AM »
The list as it is:
Time to dig this one up before I forget......

These would probably look great for Atlanteans alongside the Lucid Eye simians and prehistoric tribes.

They may well do, mate.
I do have a few spare if you want to give it a go.
 ;)


I now have all the figures that I need to get started.

The units I already have to work with:

Elite Guard Regiment (20 figures including command)
Warrior regiment with swords (20 figures inc cmd)
Warrior regiment with maces (20 figures inc cmd)
Warrior regiment with axes (12 figures inc cmd)
Merchant company with 50/50 split of spears and longbows (20 figs inc cmd)
Merchant company with 50/50 split of spears and longbows (20 figs inc cmd)
Archers (15 figures)
Archers (15 figures)
Wardancer unit (8 figures)
Scout unit (10 figures)

12 armoured cavalry inc cmd

2 or 3 chariots dependant on design

To be added later:
2 Bolt throwers (when I decide on which to use, or make myself)
1 (or maybe more!) dragons.

That lot should keep me busy for quite a while.

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Army is assembled.
« Reply #67 on: June 06, 2015, 12:33:32 PM »
Don't tempt me with ANOTHER period!  lol

I'm only just getting over starting supers!

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Army is assembled.
« Reply #68 on: July 19, 2019, 11:38:18 PM »
OK, so I sold all of the Melniboneans for this project a couple of years ago BUT.....

This project is on the verge of being 'reborn', although it is in an embryonic stage at the moment, it will be happening this time.
 ;)

A better explanation and maybe a picture of two over the weekend.
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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth!
« Reply #69 on: July 19, 2019, 11:59:27 PM »
Looking forward to it Paul :)
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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth! (Archer base model 20/07)
« Reply #70 on: July 20, 2019, 04:37:03 PM »
Looking forward to it Paul :)

Cheers, mate.
 :)


Well, as I mentioned, I sold off the army itself a couple of years ago as I had another plan and decided to do that instead.
It has taken a while but now it is back on the menu.

The plan is this: I am going to make my own conversions for the Army of Melnibone using the old 80's sculpts as a starting point.
I realise that converting so many figures is not really going to happen as I do not have the time, so what is going to happen is I am going to make one conversion and cast them up to regiment strength (or however many are required).
This way I get a completely original army of my own devising using the WFB 3rd edition Armies book to create the various units..
 :D

When I sold the old Melniboneans off I kept one of each figure and all of the the damaged ones with exactly this purpose in mind.

I have already converted a Melnibonean spearman to be used as a 'base' model for the bulk of the army (as spears and bows will be the main feature for a unified look) and sent him off for casting, with the plan being to further convert each master casting slightly in order to make each regiment slightly different in style and then get that cast in the required numbers.

I will, of course, have to do further conversions to the base model of each regiment in order to create standard bearers, musicians and heroes for each unit where required, but that is not a problem as I will only need one of each.

I have also converted one of the archers, who will act as a base for all of the Archer units in the army (I am planning three or four 10 strong units of these), each separate unit will be differentiated by the colour scheme.

Here is the base Archer model, which will be sent off for casting soon....







This model has had a greenstuff 'kilt' added, with a trim to allow for easy colour differences, a modified helmet with 'wings' and a mouth grille added, and a simple decorated belt, the designs on which will be utilised across the army to help with unifying the overall look.


That is the plan and, as I will only be creating one unit at a time as casting space allows, it should not be too overwhelming a task to keep up with.

 
« Last Edit: July 20, 2019, 04:38:56 PM by Mason »

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth! ('Spearman' base model 25/07)
« Reply #71 on: July 25, 2019, 03:01:18 PM »
I have now got the castings of the 'base' model for the 'spearmen', which will be individually modified some more so that I can create a few different 'looks', so each regiment can have their own distinct uniform.



(I know that you cannot really see what is going on but I cannot really ink them if I want to convert them some more them, so have included the original, slightly damaged, version to help clear that up a little).

You have probably guessed this going to be a 'slow burn' project as each stage needs to be completed before I can move onto the next and eventually actually paint any of them.

To satisfy the need to actually get started I shall be painting up some unconverted Scouts to keep me going.
Pictures of them when they are done, hopefully soon.

 :)


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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth! ('Spearman' base model 25/07)
« Reply #72 on: July 26, 2019, 09:04:26 AM »
There is something I have never figured out about melniboneans: their skin colour. Yykoon was depicted in the comic as having a quite tanned skin, but the other characters were always pale-white skinned (I don't remember if it is described in the books). With Elric being albino, I have always thought it would have been more shocking to have the average melnibonean bronze or dark skinned in order to get a stronger contrast with Elric, and deviate from the "melniboneans are noldor elves" trend. Which way are you going with your army?

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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth! ('Spearman' base model 25/07)
« Reply #73 on: July 26, 2019, 10:25:25 AM »
To be honest, I was just going to go down the 'standard' of 'Elves have pale skin' approach, but you have got me thinking now.
Hmmmm......


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Re: The Army of Melnibone: The Rebirth! ('Spearman' base model 25/07)
« Reply #74 on: July 28, 2019, 02:37:12 AM »
When you’ve finished we can have a battle with my Hawkmoon army...which remains unpainted,haha  ;)

 

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